Moccasin-boot



(No Model.)

J. L. OOOMBS.

MOCCASIN BOOT.

No. 251,837. Patented Jan. 3,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. GOOMBS, OF BANGOR, MAINE MO CCASlN-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 251,837, dated January 3, 1862.

Application filed November 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. CooMBs, of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moccasin-Boots; and I do hereby declare that thefollo'wing is afnll, clear, and exact description of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the san1e,reference being bad to theaccomnanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, pattern of leg; Fig. 3, pattern of tip or tongue.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention relates to an improvement in moccasin-boots, and is designed to enable an improved article to be produced at. a less cost than heretofore.

It consists in certain changes in the out of the leg and tip or tongue, whereby the more valuable portions of the stock can be cut. to greater advantage and the parts when united by any known seam take the form required for the boot without crimping or any peculiar manipulation whatever.

it further consists in a peculiar method of uniting and forming the front seam, hereinafter mentioned, forming smooth Work upon the inside of the boot;

Refezence to the drawings will explain my invention fully.

At a is the leg of a moccasin-boot, having its corners b'removed, as shown.

At cisthe tongue or tip, formed in two parts, 0 u, (see dotted lines, Fig. 2,)cut substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and united to the leg by a seam, cl. This is best shown by the dotted lines in Fig.2. The leg, with the attached tip-pieces, is th n folded upon the line 00 a0 and the edges of both leg and tip-pieces united by a continuous seam, 6, extending from the top of the boot to the toe down the front. The bottom, which may be of the ordinary pattern, (and used; but for the seam e, I prefer (but do not claim as my invention) that the edges be first united loosely it hand-sewing be. used, and with a slack tension it stitched by a machine, and subsequently covered by a stay-piece, (see detailf.) This loose stitching permits the adjoining edges to butt instead of lapping when the boot is worn, making smooth work on the inside, while the stay-piece, with its two additional lines of stitches, prevents any leakage and gives additional strength to the seam. If what is known as the butting seam is employed at first, less attention is required' in regard to its looseness; but this is a hand-seam.

The form of the tip-pieces c c, as regards the sides g h, may be varied to a considerable extentin the manner shown by the dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 3; but the closer the pattern Fig. 3 is adhered to the more economically the hide will be cut.

The form of the leg having its corners I) removed, as shown, enables the stock to be cut to much better advantage than when the corner is a right angle.

It will be understood, of course, thafitheleg may in certain cases, when it is necessary to save stock,be cut in two pieces instead of one,

as this is a common expedient.

What I claim as my invention is- A moccasin-boot pack having its leg and tip or tongue out substantially from the pattern shown and describethand united by the seams do, said seams being of any known character.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of November, 1881.

JAMES L. COOMBS. 

